Energy storage is the answer to these questions, allowing energy to be stored and then used as needed. This used to be a legitimate problem, as was the question of what to do with the excess energy generated when the sun or wind is strong. Renewable energy skeptics like to point out that the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BATTERY STORAGE Head to our solar page to learn more and get involved. We continue to remain engaged in this process. Ultimately, the Public Service Commission still lowered by export credit rate but by significantly less than Rocky Mountain Power requested. We are collaborated with customers, citizens, groups, and businesses to oppose this credit decrease that would destroy the residential rooftop solar market in Utah. In the winter of 2020, this study was released and now Rocky Mountain Power wants to decrease the export credit by 84%. The terms of the settlement were that current solar customers can keep their rates until 2035, proposed rate changes were decreased or eliminated all together, and that Rocky Mountain Power must conduct a new solar study that takes into account more factors than before. While it’s not perfect, it’s a vast improvement from what was originally proposed. These proposed changes, which included reducing the export rate (the amount homeowners are paid for adding their excess solar power back into the system) and adding a demand charge and energy charge for rooftop solar, would have add so much additional cost to solar customers that Utah’s burgeoning solar industry would no longer be economically sustainable.īy rallying HEAL supporters and having a seat at the negotiating table, we were able to come to a settlement on solar. Rocky Mountain Power proposed significant electric rate increases to rooftop solar users, based on a study resulting in claims that rooftop solar costs them too much. Throughout 20, HEAL was involved in the state’s major rooftop solar negotiation with Rocky Mountain Power, the solar industry, the Public Service Commission, and the governor’s office.
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This process includes negotiating with the Public Service Commission on how to create the rate structure that will allow cities to pursue their transition to renewable energy. Now that the bill has become law and over 20 townships and counties have committed to it, HEAL is engaged in the planning to implement it. This bill was crafted as a result of the 100% net renewable goals passed in Salt Lake City, Park City, Cottonwood Heights, Moab, and Summit County.
This piece of legislation creates mechanisms for cities and counties in Utah to more easily transition to renewable energy, including requirements meant to protect ratepayers. HB411 The Community Renewable Energy Act passed during the 2019 legislative session. Current Strategies COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS To be successful, we work side-by-side with lawmakers to create better policy, negotiate with the utility to protect ratepayers, and empower the public to help make these changes. We do this by defending rooftop solar, incentivizing battery storage options, educating others on energy efficient upgrades they can make, and promoting legislation that will encourage the growth of this industry. Our goal is to keep making renewable energy and energy efficient appliances and home insulation and design more readily available for all households and businesses.
While personal renewable energy and energy efficient appliances began as expensive luxuries, rapid innovation has made these innovations significantly more affordable and accessible. By making our own transition to cleaner energy, we can encourage those around us to do the same. Personal, permanent changes in a household’s energy use can be one of the most effective ways to combat climate change.
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